When Renae Maihi went to court, I couldn’t help but wonder where Don Brash, David Seymour and the free speech brigade were. Given that Brash and his “Free Speech Coalition” quickly rushed to court to defend Lauren Southern and what’s-his-face Molyneux’s right to free speech, I waited
95% less harmful than traditional smoking, vaping is the very definition of harm reduction. Yet the media has gone all out to disparage it. Filter.mag dismantles one of the most recent attacks. New York Magazine ran an article this month—in its “Intelligencer” vertical, of all places—with the
Kate Hawkesby opines on Wilson Parking. Is there a more repugnant business than Wilson Parking? […]Their pricing is daylight robbery and their carparks are policed so ferociously you have to wonder whether the attendants are on either brilliant commissions or under threats of death if they don’t ticket as
Wow, who would have thought? Dr Who gets replaced by a chick and suddenly ratings drop like a malfunctioning TARDIS. Comic book news explains. Viewers continue dropping Doctor Who in droves as the latest numbers are in which sees a drop of near one million viewers for the season. Sunday’
You’d think that even running a fish and chip shop would teach you a little diplomacy. You know, simple stuff like don’t be rude to customers and especially the regular ones that spend the most. Newshub reports. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been caught awkwardly ignoring a call
Not content with poisoning America with fentanyl, China has decided to move it up a whole new level and start “poisoning” its own people. Of course, I’m talking about the latest virus epidemic. ZeroHedge explains. Now that not one but seven Chinese cities – including Wuhan, ground zero of the
The War on Drugs is sputtering to the end as governments wake up to the fact that spending billions on something that doesn’t work and creates vast criminal enterprises, simply isn’t worth it. In the US in State after State, laws outlawing cannabis are falling like dominoes. In
James Temple, senior editor for energy at MIT Technology Review, blames climate change for the Aussie bush fires. Tens of thousands of Australians are fleeing their homes as hundreds of fires rage across the continent’s southeast coast. And yes, climate change is almost certainly to blame for the extent
Dennis Prager writes on why the Left doesn’t like Christmas. Many on the left (as opposed to liberals) have been warring on Christmas for more than a generation. Leftists always deny there is a war on Christmas and mock those who claim there is. There is a mind-blowing chutzpah
Oh no! Road maggots, I mean ‘cycling enthusiasts‘, are up in arms over National MP Chris Bishop’s suggestion that cycle lanes be made compulsory. A suggestion which really is a bit of a no-brainer, but still, road maggots are angry. One News reports. Cycling advocates are furious at National
Since the White Island tragedy, you might have noticed that it’s now been renamed by media and others as Whakaari / White Island. This most likely also hasn’t escaped the attention of Karl du Fresne, who writes about the stealth attempts by the media to change New Zealand to
Overview The draft cannabis legislation is out and in short, the government is to take control of the cannabis market: The purpose of this Act is to regulate and control the cultivation, manufacture, use, and sale of cannabis in New Zealand, with the intent of reducing harms from cannabis use
Vaping is under attack. Around the world there have been calls to have it banned, aided as usual by an irresponsible media. As Steve Forbes (yes, that Steve Forbes) reports, these calls are profoundly wrong. You’d never know it from all the lurid headlines in recent months about the
When it comes to the news, forget even basic fact-checking. The Fake News media will publish anything so long as it denigrates President Trump. This time it’s come back to bite them, spectacularly. Breitbart reports. A report by the United Nations (UN) falsely blamed President Trump for the detention
Not content with taking up road space while avoiding cycle lanes, “cycling enthusiasts” have now taken up hogging seats on trains. A newspaper reports. An ‘aggressive’ cyclist on an Auckland train has caused an uproar after he laid down on four priority seats, preventing a mum and baby from having
Take a guess at what the new penalty for carrying a round of ammo in your pocket is? Yes, that’s right. It’s five years. And I thought being thrown in lock up overnight for carrying a spliff was draconian. Meanwhile of course the Government and the Left continue
